<p>The project on social costs of economic restructuring was implemented in response to the recommendation of the Commission, with generous financial assistance from the Government of Japan. Studies on the subject were ...

<p>This publication examines the situation in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu with regard to two specific areas of development: urbanization and energy requirements.</p> <p>Chapter 1 deals with the process of urbanization, ...

<p>This report reviews the implementation of the Programme of Action in the specific Commitments which are especially relevant to the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific and where regional cooperation can be ...

<p>The study analyses the underlying economic forces and policy responses that were responsible for the better economic performance of the developing ESCAP region in the 1980s, and investigates whether these policies will ...

<p></p> Reducing trade costs is essential for developing economies to participate in international production networks and effectively use trade as an engine of growth and sustainable development. This can be accomplished ...

<p>Focusing on the Least Developed Countries located in the Asia-Pacific region, the study explores the impact of different approaches available to the LDCs and their partners in improving their developmental prospects ...

<p>The UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2019 reveals that the average implementation of a common set of 31 trade facilitation and paperless trade measures by SPECA countries stands at 54%, ...

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows declined for the third consecutive year in 2018, dropping 13% from 2017 levels to $1.3 trillion. The largest declines were in developed economies and economies in transition. ...

The Asia-Pacific region continues to be the major contributor to the worldwide build-up of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs). Looking at the stock of PTAs with at least one party being from this region, we count 172 ...